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HI, Thank you very much for your answer, it's very helpful. Do you think it would be possible for to me get accepted to MS in NYU or Columbia, given my profile? are these programs very competitive? Also, are there many job opportunities in this field in new your city ? thanks

Hi, First, thank you both for your answers. I have no research experienced, but the classes I most enjoyed were the mathematical classes, computability, Computational complexity theory , algorithms , etc. I have not finished my BSc yet, and I'm meeting the dean next week to see if there is a way to get involved in research , to make sure I enjoy it as I think I would. I was under the impression (and correct me if i'm wrong) that CUNY's schools are decent (not everybody can go to NYU...), I saw that CCNY for example is ranked in the top 80 CS schools in the US, and in a different ranking cuny was ranked at 50 something. I'm not familiar with schools in the US, and the knowledge I have is mainly from the internet, so please correct me if I'm wrong. Since my husband has a job offer in New York , that I must study there which limits the schools I can apply to. If there are better places to go to (except for NYU/Columbia) i'd love to hear about them. Regarding the funding, I hope to get funding, but I can manage without it if I have to (CUNY is not that expensive, and my husband will earn well). I'd appreciate your opinion about שנםוא CUNY, and about job opportunities afterwards. Thanks.

Hi, I'm interested in applying to a CS PhD program in the area of new york city. I know I don't stand a chance at NYU or Columbia, but I can't seem to find information about the acceptance criteria of CUNY schools and NYU-poly. I will be in New York in August and visit these schools (I'm a foreign student) but in the mean while I would like to get an idea of what I'm up against. some information about me: - I'm 29 (female) - I have a LLB (‪Bachelor of Laws‬) degree, AVG 81.86/100 And I'm about to have a BSc in Computer Science, AVG 87/100 (from conversion charts I've seen I think my GPA is about 3.2 or 3.3 out of 4) - in the past year and a half I've been working for 3-4 days a week as a software developer in the R&D of a start-up company. before that I worked in the internet security field for almost three years (also student position) - I have not taken the GRE yet (but I assume I'll do very well in the quantitative part) - I will probably get very good recommendation from both my college and my current employer. - I don't have any research experience. Do you think it will be possible for me to get into these programs (nyu-poly / cuny)? If someone here got accepted to a PhD program i mentioned, I would love to know his/her GPA/GRE and other relevant information. Also, if you have any suggestion regarding other decent PhD programs that might feet me , I'd love to hear about it. Thanks you very much!